BERNARD OF EGER (of Agria, in Hungary). - Learned writer of the charterhouse of Liegnitz in the diocese of Breslau, whom Trithemius calls a most erudite exegete, philosopher and historian. He wrote many works, but not all saw the light. He died in 1493, according to the Bollandists (Acta SS. Octobris, III, Paris 1868, p. 541).

Others place his death in 1497, but wrongly, since his name is found among the deceased of the Charter of the General Chapter of the Carthusians of 1494. The book of Dialogues which was printed immediately after his death bears the title: Dialogus fratris Bernardi ordinis Carthusiensis immensam et innumerabile immaculate dei genitricis virginis Mariae misericordiam per multa miracula atque exempla elucidans atque amplificans. (At the end) Finitum est presens opusculum anno MCCCCXCIII et impressum in foelici urbe Lyptzigh.

Bibliography3 works

BIBL.: Anon., Scriptores S. Ord. Carthusiensis, I, pp. 188-189 (ms. of the archive of the Grande Chartreuse); Ch. Le Couteul, Annales Ord. Carthusiensis, I, Montreuil 1887, p. LVIII; P. Bastin, Necrologium Ord. Carthus. ad annum 1494 (ms).

Gabriele Costa

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Bernard of Eger (of Agria, in Hungary)

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